The Role of Business Environment and Digital Government in Mitigating Supply Chain Vulnerability—Evidence from the COVID-19 Shock

Abstract

In recent years, the continuous spread of the COVID-19 epidemic has impacted the supply chain of enterprises. Mitigating the supply chain's vulnerability has great significance for the survival and development of enterprises. Optimizing the business environment and building a digital government will help improve the external environment for enterprise development. However, its impact on the vulnerability of the enterprise supply chain has yet to be studied. Taking the impact of COVID-19 as an example, this paper uses the survey data of nearly 40,000 enterprises of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce in 2020 and “10,000 private enterprises evaluating the business environment”, to conduct systematic empirical research and fill the research gap in this area. The study indicates that the business environment and digital government can significantly mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the supply chain. This conclusion is still valid after a series of robustness tests. Mechanism analysis demonstrates that the business environment and digital government can prompt the government to introduce effective mitigation measures promptly, better guarantee production factors and logistics, and thus improve the vulnerability of the enterprise supply chain. This study deepens our understanding of the economic outcome of the business environment and digital government and also sheds new light on supply chain management.

Impact of Digital Government on Digital Transformation of Enterprises from the Perspective of Urban Economic Sustainable Development

“…From a public perspective, digital government enhances government transparency, improves information accuracy and effectiveness [11], increases government operational efficiency [26], enhances citizen participation [27], suppresses corruption [28], optimizes the legal environment, and improves the relationship between the government and the market [29]. From an enterprise perspective, digital government improves the vulnerability of the supply chain [30] and significantly enhances the innovation capability of enterprises [31]. From the perspective of regional development, digital government promotes regional international trade levels and regional economic development by reducing information asymmetry and facilitating import and export [32,33].…”

Propriedade Intelectual E Os Seus Impactos Na Transformação Do Governo Digital

“…Nisso as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) auxiliaram sobremaneira esse processo interacional. (Castelnovo;Sorrentino, 2018;Chung;Kim, 2019;Marcovecchio et al, 2019;Marino;Pariso, 2021) Outras constatações cientificas tem apontado que situações catastróficas, como a pandemia da COVID-19 3 , e sua necessidade de isolamento social, proporcionaram uma possibilidade de avanço na implementação do uso das tecnologias em prol da manutenção da oferta de serviços, seja no setor privado e/ou público (Guzik, 2023;Liu et al, 2023;Moser-Plautz;Schmidthuber, 2023).…”

“…Não só no Brasil, mais em termos mundiais, países têm sido desafiado por organizamos internacionais como a Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) 4 , a expandirem a oferta de serviços por mecanismos digitais, reduzindo a burocracia e atraso na prestação de serviços, em contraponto a ampliação de serviços e melhoria na eficiência (Clarke, 2020;Dong;Liu;Mi, 2023;Marcovecchio et al, 2019;Marienfeldt, 2024).…”